New Zealand MP withdraws euthanasia bill from ballot

by Michelle Kaufman Reposted from LifeSiteNews.com AUCKLAND, New Zealand, September 30, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a dramatic move, New Zealand’s Labour MP, Maryan Street has withdrawn her End of Life Choice Bill from the parliamentary ballot box. The draft euthanasia…

No, the Pope is not diluting the anti-abortion focus of the Church

The following is commentary by Fr Frank Pavone of Priests for Life on that interview Pope Francis gave which has caused a stir.  The text of the interview appeared in a number of Jesuit publications all around the world simultaneously. …

Euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke takes credit for higher elderly suicide rate in New Zealand

by John Jalsevac and Michelle Kaufman Re-posted from LifeSiteNews.comAUCKLAND, New Zealand, September 18 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Top euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke has taken partial credit for the increase in the suicide rate among elderly men in New Zealand that was…

The Importance of Language in Changing the Culture

by Fr Shenan J. Boquet, President of Human Life International Reposted from HLI World Watch Fr. Shenan J. Boquet Fr. Shenan J. Boquet For forty-one years Human Life International has been engaged in building a Culture of Life through education…

New Zealand pro-lifers commemorate aborted babies

by Michelle Kaufman, New Zealand Correspondent Re-posted from LifeSiteNews.com INVERCARGILL, New Zealand, August 30 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - More than 280 preborn babies whose lives have been lost through abortion were remembered on Thursday at an “Anniversary Stand for Life” demonstration.…

Have courage, go forward and make noise: Pope Francis to youth

Pope Francis recently met with 500 young people in St Peter's Basillica. There he spoke to them from the heart, asking them to have courage to go forward against the current culture, and to make noise all the while holding…